Garment-fastening device



J. B. CAROLIN GARMENT FASTENING DEVllCEY Aug. 2l, 1923.

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Filed Jan. 24, 1925 ,om 3. mm c@ am Wm W mw Patented Aug. 21, 1923.

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Aplliation'ledJanuary 24,1923: Serial- No.: 6145871- Y Be itA known, th .INJAMES citizenofi theIlnited States and aresident. of the city ofNew'ark, county o.f.I*3`sseX,.and StateJofNew Jersey,` have invented, accertain new and@ useful- Improvement in. Garment? F astening; Devices; of; which-tliefnllowing yis aI specification..

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YThe objl ct ofithis invention. isto prlpividea.Y

devicefor. useas afasteningmeans fori gar#- ments,L such as. coats, belts,or other. articles of. wearing, apparel, whichV will. bevofsimplge; construction.. and.. composedV off fewvparts.` which. are readilyandl. easily assembled together to formathe. co'mplete4 device A further* object ofA this invention.4 is: to

provide aidevice oflthe charaaster.mentioned.`

in which the necessity of securing theva rious parts of the device'together by solder- 0 ingg,rivetingV or'thelike. will be avoided,

thus greatly simplifying the manufacture of the device, and consequently the cost of production of the same. Y

With these objects, and any other objects which may hereinafter appear, in view, I

have devised the particular "arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a p-art hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the rear of the fastening device;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same, with parts being broken away to disclose construction, and v Figure 3-is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. 1

Throughout the various views of the drawing, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My invention generally consists of a pair of fastening members, herein shown as button-shaped members, detachably connected by a link. In the accompanying drawing, 1 indicates the cup shaped outer cover of each of the buttons; This outer cover is preferably made of Celluloid or some similar substance, or if desired, it may be made of metal. It is provided with a circumferential iiange or skirt 2 within which snugly fits a back plate or discr4, This disc 4 is preferably Bf. Ganonrm af held; in positionfrik-ztionally, or by reasonofitstigzhtifit withinits outer` cover- 1.v mayv 'be hel-di positionby-V anyy other. desired.

means,rsuehas bending, overV the-edgelofv, Y

theskirt 2 ofiltjhe cover1`nember.

Af suitable filler 3,` is located.; inter-me nate ofithecover 1Vandjbackplate4.togive body tothe. button'. and Ap'jr-eyent distortion of' the outer-` coven ThisA filler is madev ofi card. board. ofi` substantial thickness or ofan'y." other lightfweightfflexiblemateriali Y 5t-U51 arelshowna number of loopson eyesi projecting from thevback plate 4to-'receive the: stitches for. -attaching the. buttonsf to:` a garment. formed. by .distorting` orv forcing. outwardly materialof` the back plate/l.`

Adjv cent one edge of the backplaie4I` provide a pairofspaeed-slots 6g- 1 7 lis shownla plate which' is prov'id'ed with an elongated tongue 9 located between the back plate 4 and the filler 8.l This plate 7 has one of its ends terminating in an open hook-shaped member 10 which projects through one of the slots 6 and is located at the back of the plate 4.` Y

On the other button I provide a plate 8 which has a tongue portion 11 similar to the tongue 9, and which extends between the back plate 4 and the ller 3. This plate 8 terminates in a hook-shaped member 12 which extends out through the slot 6 to form a loop oreye, and has its end projecting back into the other slot 6 to thus form a closed oop.

At 13 is shown the connecting link, which consists of a fiat. strip of metal having enlarged ends in which are provided the slots 14 and 15. The loop 12 passes through the slot 14 so that the link is permanently connected to the button provided with the plate 8. The' hook 10 on the plate 7 being an open hook, enables theV link 13 to be detachably connected to it through the slot 15.

It will beseen from the foregoing that a detachable engagement of the buttonsmay be had by engaging the slot 15 with the hook 10.

If desired, the outer face of the covers 1 may be suitably ornamented or they may be coveredl with the material from which the garment to which they are attached is made.-

4It. will be noted that the partsof the den These eyes:Y 5u .are preferably I soV vice are readily assembled without the use of solder, rivets or the like so that speed and economy in production is attained.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is l. A device of the class described comprising a pair of buttons, each of said buttons having a rear plate'and an outer face covering, means on said rear plates for attaching each button to an article, each of said rear platesbeing provided with an opening adj acent its edge,'an elongated plate lying between each rear plate and its face covering and having a portion projecting through said opening and terminating in a hook at the rear of the back plate, and a link attached to the hook on lone of the elongated plates and adapted to be detachably engaged with the hook on the other plate to unite the two buttons.

2, A Ydevice of the class described comprising a button having an outer covering, a

' disc forming a back plate for said covering,

a filler otfleXible material interposed Abetween theback disc and the covering, an opening in the back disc, a plate held between the filler and the back plate, said in a hook at the rear of the back plate, said hook being adapted to engage with a portion `of another fastening member.

et. Adevice of the class described comprisi 111g a button having an outer covering, a

back plate therefor, a member provided with a loop at the rear of the back plate, said back plate being provided with a slot adjacent its edge, said loop member being provided with a tongue portion extending through the slot land rictionally held be-y tween the back plate and outer covering and a link held by said loop adapted to detachably engage a fastening member.

Signed at the city of New York, county of and State of New York, this'22d dayof January, 1923.

JAMES B. CAROLIN. 

